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How It Feels to Float (Hardcover)
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How It Feels to Float (Hardcover)
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List price R564
Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
You Save R86 (15%)
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A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library
Best of the Best of the Year "Profoundly moving . . . Will take
your breath away." -Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces A
stunningly gorgeous and deeply hopeful portrayal of living with
mental illness and grief, from an exceptional new voice. Biz knows
how to float. She has her people, her posse, her mom and the twins.
She has Grace. And she has her dad, who tells her about the little
kid she was, and who shouldn't be here but is. So Biz doesn't tell
anyone anything. Not about her dark, runaway thoughts, not about
kissing Grace or noticing Jasper, the new boy. And she doesn't tell
anyone about her dad. Because her dad died when she was seven. And
Biz knows how to float, right there on the surface-normal okay
regular fine. But after what happens on the beach-first in the
ocean, and then in the sand-the tethers that hold Biz steady come
undone. Dad disappears and, with him, all comfort. It might be
easier, better, sweeter to float all the way away? Or maybe stay a
little longer, find her father, bring him back to her. Or
maybe-maybe maybe maybe-there's a third way Biz just can't see yet.
Debut author Helena Fox tells a story about love and grief, about
inter-generational mental illness, and how living with it is both a
bridge to someone loved and lost and, also, a chasm. She explores
the hard and beautiful places loss can take us, and honors those
who hold us tightly when the current wants to tug us out to sea.
"Give this to all [your] friends immediately." -Cosmopolitan.com "I
haven't been so dazzled by a YA in ages." -Jandy Nelson, author of
I'll Give You the Sun (via SLJ) "Mesmerizing and timely." -Bustle
"Nothing short of exquisite." -PopSugar "Immensely satisfying"
-Girls' Life * "Lyrical and profoundly affecting." -Kirkus (starred
review) * "Masterful...Just beautiful." -Booklist (starred review)
* "Intimate...Unexpected." -PW (starred review) * "Fox writes with
superb understanding and tenderness." -BCCB (starred review) *
"Frank [and] beautifully crafted." -BookPage (starred review)
"Deeply moving...A story of hope." -Common Sense Media "This book
will explode you into atoms." -Margo Lanagan, author of Tender
Morsels "Helena Fox's novel delivers. Read it." -Cath Crowley,
author of Words in Deep Blue "This is not a book; it is a work of
art." -Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned
"Perfect...Readers will be deeply moved." -Books+Publishing
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